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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Interested in building your research mentoring skills? Apply for one of the limited places in the Research Mentoring Certificate June Session.</span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormalTable"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Nearly 300 MIT PhDs and postdocs have enhanced their professional development by earning the Research Mentoring Certificate. Hundreds more have applied for the program, demonstrating
that mentoring well is of high importance to advanced trainees at MIT. If you are interested in building your skills in research mentoring, we encourage you to apply for one of the limited places in the
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 53, 128);"><b><u><a href="https://capd.mit.edu/pd-certificates/?lor=10&utm_source=mass_mailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=uni_targeted_emails" target="_blank" data-outlook-id="1a719dc0-b4c3-4faa-9b33-079c8f96bad9" style="color: rgb(0, 53, 128); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Research
Mentoring Certificate for PhDs and Postdocs. </a></u></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormalTable"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">This certificate program, a collaboration between the School of Engineering Communication Labs, Postdoctoral Services, and CAPD, provides an opportunity for MIT PhDs and postdocs
to develop their mentoring skills and grow their practice of positive, productive and inclusive research mentoring. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalTable"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Each of the three two-hour workshops that comprise the certificate program will be held in person, and will be led by facilitators trained by the Center for Improving Mentored
Experiences in Research (CIMER). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalTable"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Cohort groups will move through the program together, forming a community of mentors and thought partners. The program will begin the week of June 8, and each group will meet
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<p class="MsoNormalTable"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"><b>During this program, participants will explore key concepts in mentoring pedagogy, including:</b></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;" role="presentation">Maintaining effective communication</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;" role="presentation">Aligning expectations between mentee and mentor</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;" role="presentation">Assessing mentee's understanding and skill development </span></li></ul>
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